Question

How do you find the slope of `x+8y=16`?

Answer 1

`=>-1/8`

Explanation:

Rearrange the equation into slope-intercept form:

`x+8y=16`

`8y = -x + 16`

`y = -1/8x + 2`

The form of a line is given as `y = mx+b`, where `m` is the slope.

Hence, the slope is `-1/8`